Note: If you were logged in, the site would keep track of how many Easter Eggs you have found. Harry Potter CodeBecause The Problem Site contains a section that is all about encryption, I occasionally get emails asking for help decoding secret messages. (Please DON'T email me codes - I simply don't have time to try to decode every message that comes down the pike!).The following code was one of the first I was asked to decode, and it came from a Harry Potter web page. The solution is remarkably simple - once you see it. Here's the coded message: 5x9.V*WH*STE MA8IEGE*RBU1L LGCO*EL6LP.RR MRT**.*EDE. Do you want to know the solution? Or do you want to work at solving it first? Here's your last chance to leave this page before seeing the solution... Okay! Here it is! Notice that the code starts with two numbers, and with the 'x' between them, they appear to be dimensions. Okay, great! Let's take the code and rewrite it in a 5x9 rectangle... V*WH*STEM A8IEGE*RB U1LLGCO*E L6LP.RRMR T**.*EDE. Now read down instead of left-to-right. You see the following: VAULT 816 WILL HELP. GG. SECRET ORDER MEMBER. This is one of 13 Easter Egg pages on The Problem Site. Can you find the others?
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